A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye, Philip Marlowe. Marlowe is now married, living in the resort town of Poodle Springs. Once again, he sets himself up as an investigator and soon finds himself in the middle of blackmail and murder.

" It's ok. More gris than noir. Not the best Chandler I've ever read, and probably not the best Parker, either. But not a bad story for fans of LA mildish noir. Great for the metro. "

Review by Randy | 7/7/2013

" Novel completed by Parker. Decent. "

Review by Steve Shilstone | 7/2/2013

" Robert B. Parker does a knockout punch in the face job of finishing the partial manuscript left behind after Raymond Chandler's death. "

Review by Laura | 6/7/2013

" This unfinished book by Raymond Chandler was completed by Robert Parker after Chandler's death in 1959. "

Review by Mailmanr5 | 5/21/2013

" Chandler couldn't have written it better. Terrific. "

Review by Steph | 5/11/2013

" By far the funniest of Raymond Chandler's work the master of Noir can also have his wise cracking detective deliver real knee slappers. Best writer ever at delivering a fully imagined atmosphere. I'm always right there with him, day, month, year, time of day weather. place. "

Review by Anita Wilkerson | 3/26/2013

" Chandler inspired Parker to write the Spenser series. In this book you can see how that happened. I had to check to be able to tell where Chandler quit writing and Parker began. If you are a hard boiled detective fan, this is a must read! "

Review by Khalid Amin | 1/23/2013

" a novel completed by robert parker .. after chandler passed away..not as good .. or even as near to chandler's style..but not bad if you read it as a stand alone novel . "

Review by Steve | 12/22/2012

" If you're a Raymond Chandler fan and read all of the other novels, you're got to read this one. Just have fun with it. "

Review by Eddy Allen | 10/2/2012

" Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settledown. But old habits die hard, and Marlowe soon is back in business, enmeshed in a case involving pornography, bigamy, and murder. "

Review by Justus | 8/2/2012

" Extremely mediocre. It was not a horrible book, but it did not have the same energy and power as a full Chandler novel. You can read it if you'd like, but don't expect a classic. Good enough for passing the time I guess... "

Review by Josh | 6/15/2012

" Personally I think you can tell where Parker picks up the story, but he's a good match for Chandler's style and sensibility -- and this is a pretty decent meld. And probably the most seamless finishing up of a half-started work that I've seen. "

Review by Jeff Scott | 5/4/2012

" could have been just chandler, didn't notice a difference. "

Review by Kat | 4/13/2012

" This was pretty good. I don't normally like mysteries but I have a ton of audio books that were given to me and I'm not going to waste them. I will attempt to read all of them. "